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A Comprehensive Review of Post-Warhol Appellate Decisions on the First Factor
Warhol v. Goldsmith (2023) marked the very first time the Supreme Court opined exclusively on a SINGLE fair use factor. Considering the importance of fair use under US copyright law, it is also surprising for many casual observers that Warhol represents one of only three instances in which the Supreme Court took up fair use in the last 35 years (the other two being Campbell v. Acuff-Rose (1994) and Google v. Oracle (2021)).
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